So far, he said they still had Death Star boxed sets, Indy figure cases, the Commando sets, all the GI Joe exclusives, and this was 2 days INTO the show that they had all of it.

He said the Hasbro Ticket system is just how they do things at SDCC (like Jayson said), and that the "lottery" rumor is something nobody's willing to cop to, and Hasbro had no clue where it came from even, and that it seems to have just originated at the Hasbro store among the people in line or something.

They've got all the exclusives though, so that bodes well for people hoping for these to turn up. He said Hasbro's limiting the more limited stuff to 1-per, and stuff like the Indy cases to 2-per... They're really controlling the flow so people aren't leaving with entire cases of stuff in one swoop, etc.

He said EE/TRU's Commando set was there in bulk and the EE rep said TRU's handling any post-show stock that may be left over, which leads me to believe TRU has their own stock for online right now and will have more when the show's done... Little speculation there, but you never know.

Sounds like panic isn't quite necessary right now, and that Hasbro hasn't damned the collecting community for all eternity.

It sounds like things like the Death Star may sell out before show's end, but as of tonight it hadn't yet, so that's interesting.

If past years are any indication, we will probably see people live blogging the event, as well as the possible webcast. THAT is one of the things that I was very proud to help get going at SDCC in 2009.

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More from the panel...- CW JarJar is a repack (by popular demand?)- 2nd Savage (armored) was designed with vehicles in mind (able to sit in the in other words)- DLX mini-Y-Wing, etc- Mando Shuttle- the $80 Attack Shuttle

Vintage Collection:- through 2012- inventory/distribution = we KNOW there are some issues out there (too many Dengar, Clones), they are working with retail trying to improve the situation.- Many of the HTF 2011 figures will be re-issued with no changes in 2012 (ie, more Wedge is on the way!)- "2011 Wave 4" (aka Wave 8; Evazan, Aayla, etc) is moving to 2012!- "2011 Wave 5" = Revenge Wave is coming as scheduled = Revenge 12 plus Ponda, Echo Base Rebel, Bastilla- 2012 Mail-Away Boba Fett- Kid-aimed FX Sabers (shown at Toy Fair)- www.jointhejedi.com = promo for kids - giving away free toys and a chance for kids to win another Clone Wars contest on lightsaber moves- SW TFer Update: Anakin/Vader Star Destroyer, - Jedi Force Updates: same as shown at Toy Fair